GP surgery

We are moving towards better integrated health and care in the UK. As part of the drive to support this, new pharmacy services are useful for helping people with long-term and complex conditions to stay well in the community and take their medicines properly. This in turn means people are able to take more control of their own conditions and manage them better from home, with the support of professionals when needed. However, this system can only work if it is supported by good information sharing. Read more Setting the standards for information sharing ›

I’m a clinical pharmacist and partner at the Old School Surgery in Bristol, an inner city practice with more than 15,000 patients.

Getting started as a practice pharmacist
During my training, I worked for one day a week at the practice, specialising in treating patients with type 2 diabetes. This work convinced the partners they needed a permanent clinical pharmacist, rather than taking on a salaried GP. Read more Getting started as a clinical pharmacist ›

Talking to pharmacists during a C&D Twitterchat today about pharmacists working in GP surgeries was a great experience. It also revealed some of the misunderstandings that exist about this innovative development in primary care. I’d like to set the record straight, so here are the top 5 myths I hear frequently about this topic and my answers to them. Read more Pharmacists working in GP practices: mythbusting ›

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